Admiral Turner testifies on Pearl Harbor warning
Adm Turner tells a senate hearing that if Kimmel had followed the November 27 war warning, Pearl Harbor losses might have been materially reduced. He cited fighter shortages and carrier based attack risks, and said the navy had provided clear orders to Kimmel.
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Adm
R.K. Turner
Kimmel
Pearl Harbor
Turner
Senate-House
Pacific
Navy Department
Per
D-Tenn
Navy War Plans Division
Cooper
Pearl
Bottleneck May Be Broken By First Of Year
Col. J. Monroe Johnson, director of defense transportation, told the Senate War Investigating Committee that a bottleneck in moving returning service members from the west coast would be broken by January 1. He said Christmas adds stress but every measure is being taken to expedite their movement.
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Washington
Egg Markets to Glut by Spring and Cost Billions
Washington officials predict egg markets will become glutted by spring. The Agriculture Department must support prices to 90 percent of parity, aiming for about 29 cents per dozen during the flush season. Surplus size hinges on culling by poultrymen and wartime laying flocks.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Agricultural Department
Department
Conference Is Getting Results From Big Three Talks
Moscow reports say British, Russian and American foreign ministers moved closer during six days of talks. Some suspicions may be dispelled and concrete results could emerge, though not all differences will be settled. Byrnes and Bevin caution against overpromising to the public.
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Moscow
Britain
Russia
United States
Poe
Byrnes
Bevin
Woman seeks annulment of wartime marriage after husband listed dead
In Shelby, a Cleveland county suit seeks annulment of Mrs. Oveline Lansfords marriage to O B Square Jr. She had married Square after her first husband Coy Dover Lansford went missing in 1942 and was later listed dead. Lansford was later liberated from a German POW camp in 1944. The case was filed in Cleveland county superior court.
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Shelby
Cleveland County
Oveline Lansford
O. B. Square, Jr
Coy Dover Lansford
Gaffney
S. C
War Department
Square
Lansford
Attlee Meets Mackenzie in Ten Downing Street Interview
The World Today columnist describes his private, unquotable interview with Britain's new Labour Prime Minister Clement Attlee at 10 Downing Street. Mackenzie notes Attlee's quiet, intellectual demeanor and openness in conversation, while stating interviews are not for publication.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
AP World Traveler
London
Britain
Attlee
Mr. Attlee
Downiing Street
England
North Carolina Faces Severe Coal Shortage Crisis
North Carolina reels under a critical coal shortage as officials report widespread scarcity from Charlotte to Raleigh. J. A. Eagle warns of acute supply gaps affecting heating needs. Durham and Greensboro report severe conditions with limited stock and escalating concerns for the coming winter.
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North Carolina
Mostall
J. A. Eagle
Charlotte
North Carolina Retail Coal Merchants Association
M. M. Floyd
Durham Coal Dealers’ Association
Durham
North Carolina State College
Raleigh
Joe W. Correll
Greensboro
Frank Hancock May Run For Governor In 1948
Oxford reports former Farm Security Administration head Frank W. Hancock may seek the 1948 governorship. Hancock, a former representative from the fifth district, suggests he would consider a bid if conditions look favorable. He previously headed the FSA and led the Commodity Credit Corporation for a year.
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Oxford
Farm Security Administration
Frank W. Hancock
Hancock
Congress
FSA
Commodity Credit Corporation
Patches Of Ice Cling To Roads In North Carolina
Ice patches scatter across North Carolina highways urging extreme caution. Major H. F. Hatcher of the state highway patrol cautioned drivers to slow down and use chains west of Asheville where conditions grow hazardous while radio reports said east of Asheville conditions were generally good. He compared Virginia's conditions as worse than North Carolina.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
H. 4
Hatcher
State Highway Patrol
Asheville
Virginia
Mercury Rises Slowly Across Carolinas Readies Weekend Relief
The Associated Press notes temperatures in most Carolina cities edged up slightly from yesterday. Officials forecast partly cloudy skies and slowly rising temperatures through the weekend, offering relief after recent heat.
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Associated Press
Two
Carolinas
Chinese Red Would Cease Hostilities
A Chinese communist spokesman in Chungking said the party would formalize its proposal for an immediate unconditional armistice in China’s internal war. The plan calls for both sides to hold positions, and was presented after being discussed as propaganda at a social gathering. Chou En-lai had requested the truce proposal be sent to Chiang Kai-shek.
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Chungking
China
Red
Chou En-lai
Chiang Kai-shek
Chou
Shao Li-Tzu
Tires End Rationing As 1946 Begins In Postwar Drive
The OPA and civilian production administration lift tire rationing after four years of controls. Officials say demand will outpace supply for months and many motorists must wait for tires though production rises. Coffee and a few other commodities remain rationed.
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Washington
OPA
Civilian Production Administration
CPA
John D. Small
Chester Bowles
Pearl Harbor
British Forces Press Advance in Java Amid Heavy Air Strikes
British troops moved east of Bandoeng as nine Batavia based RAF bombers hit roadblocks and positions. A press release reports continued fighting south of Semarang with one officer and one Indian killed, and one man wounded in Soerabaja. Dutch naval notes Indonesians landed on Billiton Island and raised the Indonesian flag in Dutch Borneo near Balikpapan.
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Java
Bandoeng
Semarang
Soerabaja
Billiton Island
Dutch Borneo
Balikpapen
MacArthur Denies Part In Argument
Tokyo dispatch reports that General MacArthur denied involvement in any clash with the Russians over Soviet occupation troops in Japan. He stated he is here to serve the American government and will see decisions through, while noting Russian participation is not his decision. ABC broadcaster Larry Tighe defended his earlier report, insisting his broadcast reflected the ex press desire of the commander to allow Russian troops, but MacArthur and the U N Organization were not part of the matter.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Supreme Commander of Steel Tec
Larry Tighe
American Broadcasting Coven
Tighe
San High
ABC
Supreme Commander
United Nations Organization
Mother and five children perish in Winnipeg fire
In central Winnipeg a mother, Mrs. Betty Armitage, and five children died when a two story house burned early today. Three other persons were injured as firefighters fought flames in 15 below zero weather after the fire started about 3 a.m.
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Winnipeg
Betty Armitage
General Patton Dies After Complications at 60
Gen George S Patton Jr died at 5 50 p m Eastern time in Heidelberg after his neck was broken in a traffic accident days earlier His pulmonary complications and bronchial trouble weakened him following the crash Mrs Patton was with him The Seventh Army announced his death He was 60 last November and commanded the US Fifteenth Army at the time of his death
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George S. Patton
Heidelberg
Georges. Paton, Jr
S. Third Army
Normandy
Czechoslav
Patton
Eral
John M. Wilsen
U. Seventh Army
U S. 15Th Army
Mannheim
Seventh Army
Africa
Sicily
Belgium
Austria
Czech
A. W. Kenner
Europe
Frankfurt
Paton
Navy commends Lt Comdr W Joynes MacFar for service
The navy awarded a letter of commendation to Lt Comdr W Joynes MacFar for his work in the office of information since February. A Darling ton South Carolina native, he recently was released from active duty and returned to the Washington bureau of the Associated Press, having previously been AP correspondent in Raleigh. He entered naval service as a public information officer and in November 1944 became executive officer of the navy press section.
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Washington
Navy
W. Joynes MacFar
Forresta
Office of Information
MacFarlan
Darlington
S. C
Associated Press
Raleigh
N. C
Naval Service
Navy Press Section
Shinto Funeral Held for Prince Konoye in Tokyo
Tokyo dispatch reports a Shinto funeral for Prince Fumimaro Konoye former premier before Pearl Harbor. Imperial household representatives and several cabinet ministers attended the rites in a ceremony marking his passing.
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Tokyo
Fumimaro Konoye
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Imperial Household
Truman Faces Open Break with Southern Democrats
President Truman's relations with Congress grew tense as southern Democrats warned of an open break. They expect little chance for improvement when work resumes after holidays. The tensions followed Truman's hint of a strong stance on restoring the U S employment service to the states within 19 days and the release of letters calling a House substitute for the full employment bill unacceptable.
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Truman
Congress
White House
Ence
U. S. Employment Service
USES
House
Senate
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